adrenal calcification

Adrenal calcification is not a rare finding in healthy asymptomatic people and is usually the result of previous hemorrhage or tuberculosis. Addison disease patients only occasionally develop calcification.

Pathology

Etiology
Hemorrhage
Infection
Adrenal tumors
Others

Radiographic features

Adrenal calcification is best assessed on CT where it can be differentiated from a calcified adrenal mass or lesion. CT also allows simultaneous characterization of any underlying lesions with size, density, enhancement, and washout.

In children, neuroblastoma has been reported as the commonest calcifying adrenal mass . In adults, simple calcified cysts have been reported as common adrenal masses, characteristically showing peripheral curvilinear calcification.

Post-hemorrhage calcification is usually seen after the initial adrenal hematoma has resolved and, hence, is not usually seen with an adrenal lesion. However, adrenal metastases such as from bronchogenic tumors can present with hemorrhage, making the diagnosis challenging.

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